Printer s galley



(No Model.)

' N. ROEMER. PRINTERS GIALLEAY.

' WITNESS S; Y ILIVENTOR: flaw-W Y "M m i' BY Y M ATTORNEY-is.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

NICHOLAS ROEMER, OF uINoY, ILLINoIs.

\\ "PRINTERS GALILEY.

vSPECIZ|:"IGA'.[I[.'0 1 Tforming part of Letters Patent No.'287,581, dated October 30, 1883. r

- Application filed April 7,1383. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS RQEM R, of Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Printers Galley, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

- The object of-myinvention is to facilitate the work of locking matter in printers galleys, and to provide a simple and inexpensive'gal- IO ley adapted for either newspaper or job of- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

' in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective'view of a galley with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a detail view.

A is the galley proper, consisting of a metal bottom, 0, having a raised side, b, and end c, of

2 5 order'to strengthen the bottom, &c., it is formed with a raised flange at the edge opposite the side b. The end 0 is made tapering, being thicker at the open side of the galley, and gradually decreasing toward side I), and longi- 0 tudinally in end 0 isa slot, d.

e is thelocking-bar, of metal, or wood lined with metal, formed with a pin, f, at one end, for entering the slotd, and at the other end made with notches y in its upper edge. e

5 h is a wedge-shaped stick, by which the notched end of' bar 6 is held and guided by reason of the stick passing through one or the other of the notches 9, according to the length of the galley. At one end the stick his made 40 with hooks or lugs Z c, for engaging at opposite sides of a slot, 0, formed in the galley side I), and'takes at the other end against a fixed lug or projection, is, on the galley, so that the stick is held firmly, without the possibility of end movement, but can be readily removedwhen bar 6 is loosed.

On the pin f of bar 6 is a thumb-nut, Z, at the outside of the tapering galley end a, for clamping the locking-bar firmly in place, and a beveled washer is applied beneath the nut, so as to secure a square bearing. The locking-bar can readily be adjusted for any breadth of column by loosening the nut Z, and when clamped in place the bar holds the type firmly. The tapering end 0 and stick it retain the bar without requiring the nut to be screwed hard down. I

With a double-column galley the two columns will be separated by a rule, as shown at m in Fig. 2, and the bar 6 applied to the outer side. "For clampinga partly-filled column a clamp, n, is applied to bar 6. This is made of a piece of metal bent to form a flange of the width required by the work, and having a loop portion to take upon the bar, so that the clamp can be moved up against the type, and will be held by friction.

The locking mechanism can be quickly and readily applied to the, galley and removed therefrom. It can be moved from one galley to another, so that a single set will generally answer for one office.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a galley formed with a lug or projection, is, and slot 0, of bar- 6, notched at 9, stick h, and clamping-nut Z,

substantiallyas shoavn and described.

2. The tapering stick h, combined with galley A and adjustable notched bar 6, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

.3. The stick 72, formed with lugs 'Z, the notched bar 6, and the nut Z, combined with galley A, having tapering end c'and side I), slotted at 0, and projection 7c, substantially as described.

FRANK SURLAGE, OTTO LINZ. 

